Hat-securing means.



' c. ROESELER. HAT SECURING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED APR-9. H8.

1 ,274,604. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

ar/ Bade/er UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ROESELER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-SECURING- MEANS.

Application filed April 9, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL RonsELER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Securing Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for securing hats upon the head of the wearer and particularly to the types used by those having long hair.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means which may be applied to the interior of the hat and secured in a vertical position in the crown thereof, which, together with a two pronged pin, is effective in holding the hat in an adjusted position and against considerable force as applied from the exterior by wind or otherwise.

A further object is to provide such hat securing means in forms which are not observable from the exterior and which in no 'wise detract from its appearance, or add materially to the Weight of the hat.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view indicating the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing one of the securing means, the pin being shown in a semi-detached po sition, and,

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the same, the pin being shown as in an engaged position.

Any desired number of the fasteners may be secured to the hat, each of the fasteners being comprised of a substantially rectangular flexible support plate 10, provided at its marginal edges with perforations 11, for stitches or like securing means and having secured at one end a beveled cover plate 12, open at the base 13, and provided at its outer edge with other perforations 15, so that the plate, together with the cover or cap, can be stitched or sewed firmly within the crown of the hat as indicated in Fig. 1.

A pair of oval shaped openings 18, are formed in the opposite end of the plate 10, adapted to receive the prongs 20 of a resilient pin, the ends 21 of which are slightly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

Serial No. 227,459.

curved and brought to an acute point as is usual with pins of this type of construction. A bar 22 connects the prongs 20, and is joined to the same by sinuous curves 23, and corresponding humps 241, ,which are soshaped as to engage with the openings 18, formed in the plate 10 so that when the prongs have been passed through the hair and entered below the cover 12, the humps 24 prevent the extraction of the pin unless considerable force is used.

In operation, any desired number of the fastenings having been secured to the crown of the hat, the same is placed in position on the head, the shank or connecting bar 22, of the pin being drawn outward and then pressed up engaging with strands or waves of the hair in the ordinary manner until, the points have entered within the cover 12, at which time the humps 24: rests upon the outer side of the plate 10, looking the pin which will so remain, holding the hat rigidly engaged with the hair until it is desired to remove the same, which is accomplished by grasping the center bar 22, and drawing the prongs downwardly and outwardly, thus releasing the hat from the head.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is:

1. A hat fastener comprising a rectangular plate of flexible material, a hollow cap having an open base formed therewith, pairs of elliptical perforations formed at the opposite end of said plate, a two pronged resilient pin engageable to said elliptical perforations, an integral bar formed with the prongs of said pin, and humps formed with the arms of said pin adjacent to said bar whereby it may be locked in said perforations when in an adjusted position.

2. A hat fastener comprising a plate of flexible material having a raised cap formed at one end, a two pronged pin enterable through elliptical openings formed in the opposite end of said plate, the points of said pins being engageable below said cap, and means formed with said pin near the bar end thereof adapted to engage and become locked in said elliptical perforations whereby it is prevented from being withdrawn.

In testimony whereof I have afliXed my signature.

CARL ROESELER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

